In his head, Dan Knights is thinking "Russia overhears a Bostonian rebel marmoset rashly reply heavily." But he's saying: "468440901224953430146549585. " Knights, a University of Minnesota professor, ...

“Breathe in gently and deeply through your nose. Exhale slowly and fully through your mouth. Clear your mind and allow your breath to find its natural rhythm.” That’s the instruction for most ...

If you ever want to move your child out from the digital world and give them at least a part of your own personal childhood experience, check our list for 9 classic poems for children to memorize. The ...

June 28, 2019 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google Maybe you’ve already been to the library four times this summer. You’re still reading with your kid every night ...

The plight of Pierre, &c. Up north and down here, &c. 9/11 as ‘inside job,’ &c. Writers tell of poems they have memorized, would like to memorize, etc. A week ago, I had a column titled “Poems by ...

Greenwich resident, book author and former Children's Poet Laureate Mary Ann Hoberman recently published her 46th book, "Forget-Me-Nots: Poems to Learn by Heart," an anthology of poems designed to be ...

The task is the El Capitan of freshman English. Find a poem you like. Study it. Memorize it. Recite it to your classmates. You have two weeks to scale the poem’s wall. I’ve given this assignment for ...

I heard a piece on NPR yesterday about high school level poetry recitation. Kids had to memorize and recite three poems, from different periods and in different styles. There are regional competitions ...